Legionnaires' outbreak didn't hurt Opera House Hotel biz

Despite being at the center of the recent Legionnaires' disease outbreak, the Opera House Hotel in the South Bronx hasn't suffered. In fact, management said business couldn't be better, according to The New York Times.

Occupancy rates at the two-year-old hotel at East 149th Street have been between 90% to 95% for the past two weeks, which is slightly higher than the same time last year. The hotel remained open throughout the outbreak, which killed 12 people and sickened more than 120, including two hotel guests. The city identified the hotel's cooling towers as the source of the Legionella bacteria.

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